"Let's watch your weight."

I posted in early September about needing/wanting to lose weight.  I was bragging about riding my recumbent bike in the mornings and evenings.  Well, that ended about a week later.

I got a promotion at work in September and with the promotion came more responsibility.  I've been very busy and under a tremendous amount of stress.  I'm an emotional eater.  Each time I got super stressed at work, I would eat.  I go to McDonald's for breakfast each morning.  I order an egg McMuffin without Canadian bacon and a large diet Coke.  Well, during the last few months, I've been ordering biscuits or pancakes.  Those items exceed my breakfast calorie allowance, by a lot.  The McDonald's visit each morning isn't necessarily bad.  The egg McMuffin is only 290 calories, which isn't terrible.  I also get protein from the egg.

For lunch, I try to stick with my Smart Ones frozen entree.  During the last few months, I've been grabbing lunch from the cafe downstairs at my office.  I always get a grilled cheese with fries.  That's not terrible, once in a while, but not for lunch every day.

For supper, I try to eat a salad or something fairly low in calories.  During the last few months, I've been eating whatever sounded good - pizza, Thai food, Tex-Mex, lobster rolls smothered in butter, etc.  Those items are super high calorie.

During the week of Thanksgiving, Justin and I went on a cruise for vacation.  On the cruise, all we did was eat.  I probably gained five to ten pounds during those five days.  Top that off with Thanksgiving gorging, you get the idea.

I visited my doctor for my yearly visit last week.  At the end of my visit, my doctor said, "Let's watch your weight.  You gained twenty pounds since your last visit."  I was shocked, but not really.  Wow, twenty pounds!  No wonder nothing fits right!

I'm miserable.  I've never been this big.  Ideally, I'd like to lose fifty pounds.  That's a lot, but that would put me back to where I need to be in order to be healthy.  Last January, our company had a Biggest Loser competition.  I actually did fairly well.  I lost seven or eight pounds.  I got busy during the middle of the competition, which meant I began stress eating.  I gained everything back, plus some.

I've got to lose some weight.  My goal is to lose fifty pounds by this time next year.  Will I meet my goal?  I know it will take a lot of work.

I enjoyed dance lessons when I was in high school.  I've been looking online for some adult classes.  I found some at a nearby studio and need to just bite the bullet and sign up.  I know I can do it!  I'm hoping to keep track of my weight on this blog.  I don't have the confidence to post my current weight or measurements, but I'll get there.